Immigration to America 1860 - 1920

The Land of Opportunity. Conditions in the U.S. also attracted or Availability Of Jobs $ Higher Standards Of Living $ The Land of Opportunity. Conditions in the U.S. also attracted or “pulled” many immigrants to come. Many newcomers heard about these benefits. News of these benefits was spread by letters to relatives, steamship advertisements and industrialists seeking to recruit laborers. Religious Freedom Greater Political Freedom

To Escape. Conditions in immigrants’ native lands often propelled Religious Persecution Of Jews The Irish Potato Famine To Escape. Conditions in immigrants’ native lands often propelled or “pushed” them to leave. Immigrants came to escape conditions of poverty or religious and political persecution. Extreme Poverty & Crime in Italy Political Persecution in Germany

Danish Norwegian German Dutch Swedish English Scottish Welsh Irish Northern Europe German Dutch The "Old" Immigrants Swedish English Scottish Welsh Irish

Southern & Eastern Europe Italian Russian Greek Southern & Eastern Europe Jews The "New" Immigrants 1860-1920 Romanian Hungarian Austrian Serbian Polish Chinese

“Melting pot” theory – new American culture Assimilation - The process when a minority group adopts the customs and attitudes of the nation’s culture.

The Melting Pot Theory Americans Italians Irish Jews Greek Russian Polish Chinese Americans

restricting immigration Pale face afraid you crowd him out, as he did me. Chinese Exclusion Act (1888) All future Chinese Immigration was banned. This was the first law in U.S. History restricting immigration Every dog (no distinction of color) has his day.

INFLUENCES ON IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES (1820-1940) U.S. Industrial Revolution German Militarism U.S. Railroad Building Western Settlement Revolution in Germany Economic Depression in U.S. NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS (in thousands) Famine in Ireland U.S. Civil War World War I YEARS